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Elementary(TV show/series, 2012-2019)

FSK: 16+ years
| 43min per episode | Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime

Scripted Reality in 7 seasons with 154 episodes

ElementaryRating: 3.8/5 (with 756 votes)
Elementary is an American procedural drama television series that presented a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes. It was created by Robert Doherty and starred Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson. The series premiered on CBS on September 27, 2012. It was set and filmed primarily in New York City. With 24 episodes each season (except season six which had 21 and season seven which had 13), by the end of season two, Jonny Lee Miller became the actor who had portrayed Sherlock Holmes in the most episodes on television or in film. The show follows Holmes, a recovering drug addict and former consultant to Scotland Yard, as he assists the New York City Police Department in solving crimes. His indifference to police procedure often leads to conflict with Captain Thomas Gregson (Aidan Quinn), although the two still remain respectful of one another. Holmes is accompani... ()
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Where to watch Elementary (streaming/download)?

"Elementary" is currently available on 2 providers. Elementary can be streamed on Sky Ticket and Joyn as part of a subscription or free of charge on Joyn (with advertising).

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Available languages: German

Awards & Nominations for Elementary

Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actress TCA Award for Outstanding New Program Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actor Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actress Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama

About Elementary

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.

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Elementary Seasons and Episodes

05/23/2019Season 7 - 13 episodes
In season seven, Holmes and Watson’s new careers as consultants for Scotland Yard are disrupted by news that a member of their inner circle has been gravely wounded in the United States. As Holmes’ stateside legal trouble – the result of a confession to a murder he didn’t commit – threatens to keep them from returning to New York, their greatest foe to date, tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach, waits on the horizon to test their limits.
#1 | 05/23/2019The Further Adventures
4.2/5 (with 5 votes)
Holmes and Watson’s new careers as consultants for Scotland Yard in London take them inside the tabloid journalism industry when a popular model is the victim of an acid attack. Also, as Watson grows increasingly homesick for New York, Captain Gregson is wracked with guilt over his unresolved rift with his former consultants.
#2 | 05/30/2019Gutshot
4.2/5 (with 5 votes)
Holmes and Watson try to work a stateside investigation from London when someone close to them is gravely wounded by an unknown perpetrator in the United States. However, Holmes’ stateside legal trouble – the result of a confession to a murder he didn’t commit – threatens to derail their efforts.
#3 | 06/06/2019The Price of Admission
4.1/5 (with 5 votes)
Holmes takes extreme measures to secure his return to New York when he leans on his father’s disreputable connections to aid his legal re-entry into the United States. Also, while Holmes looks for a way back to the United States, Watson helps the NYPD investigate a murder at a storage facility that caters to wealthy clients with items they want hidden from U.S. Customs.
#4 | 06/13/2019Red Light, Green Light
3.9/5 (with 5 votes)
After an explosion at a traffic stop, Holmes and Watson must determine whether the attack was a terrorist attack; Holmes and Watson suspect there is more for them to discover regarding the recent attack on someone within their inner circle.
#5 | 06/20/2019Into the Woods
4.3/5 (with 5 votes)
Tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach hires Holmes and Watson to investigate a personal threat he suspects originated from within his own company; Holmes and Watson search for a motive behind three seemingly unconnected murders.
#6 | 06/27/2019Command: Delete
4.0/5 (with 7 votes)
Tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach presents Sherlock and Joan with an extraordinary offer to help him with a program that can predict future crimes. Sherlock and Joan assist Bell when he tries to prevent a future crime of his own, as he races to locate a fellow NYPD officer planning a sniper shooting.
#7 | 07/04/2019From Russia with Drugs
4.1/5 (with 7 votes)
Sherlock and Joan investigate the murder of a criminal who made his living by stealing from other criminals. When Gregson resumes leadership of the precinct, he suspects his interim replacement is responsible for one of his best detective’s suspicious departure.
#8 | 07/11/2019Miss Understood
3.8/5 (with 7 votes)
Holmes and Watson search for an ulterior motive when Cassie Lenue, a brilliant young criminal they helped put in prison, seeks their help in solving a murder.
#9 | 07/18/2019On the Scent
4.2/5 (with 5 votes)
Holmes and Watson work to determine if a long dormant serial killer has resurfaced in the wake of a sculptor’s murder in New York City. Also, Watson suspects Holmes is keeping something from her regarding tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach.
#10 | 07/25/2019The Latest Model
4.0/5 (with 7 votes)
Holmes and Watson receive a shocking request to collaborate from their foe, Odin Reichenbach, when the tech billionaire asks them to test his new crime prevention system. Tasked with investigating someone the program predicts will soon commit a crime, the duo worries Odin will take drastic action before they conclude their inquiry.
#11 | 08/01/2019Unfriended
4.3/5 (with 7 votes)
Holmes and Watson join forces with Holmes’ father, Morland, to enlist his vast criminal network to help disassemble tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach’s crime prevention system.
#12 | 08/08/2019Reichenbach Falls
4.4/5 (with 7 votes)
Tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach inadvertently provides Holmes and Watson with a lead that could give them evidence that brings him to justice.
#13 | 08/15/2019Their Last Bow
4.5/5 (with 5 votes)
Amidst Holmes and Watson’s battle with tech billionaire Odin Reichenbach, the investigators receive word of their old enemy and Sherlock’s former love, Jamie Moriarty.
04/30/2018Season 6 - 21 episodes
10/02/2016Season 5 - 24 episodes
11/05/2015Season 4 - 24 episodes
10/30/2014Season 3 - 24 episodes
09/26/2013Season 2 - 24 episodes
09/27/2012Season 1 - 24 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Arthur Conan Doyle ("canon of Sherlock Holmes")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 36 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Letzeburgesch (LB), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/27/2012
Last episode released on: 08/15/2019
Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, Jon Michael Hill, John Noble, Erik Jensen, Linda Emond, Ato Essandoh, Natalie Dormer, Vinnie Jones, Michael DenDekker, Dallas Roberts, Jennifer Ferrin, Casey Siemaszko, Craig Bierko, Molly Price, Luke Kirby, David Costabile, David Harbour, Anika Noni Rose, Reiko Aylesworth, Brian Kerwin, Roger Rees, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Scott Jaeck, Arnold Vosloo, Lisa Edelstein, William Sadler, Shiri Appleby, Gene Gabriel, Annika Boras, Dominic Fumusa, Matt McGorry, Ward Horton, Lynn Collins, Wayne Duvall, Joseph Siravo, Cara Buono, Armand Schultz, Noelle Beck, Mamie Gummer, Melissa Farman, Angel Desai, Vanessa Aspillaga, Elizabeth Marvel, Glenn Fleshler, Brennan Brown, Portia Reiners, Michael Irby, Henri Lubatti, Murphy Guyer, Freda Foh Shen, David Zayas, Eric Bogosian, Nadia Dajani, Carolyn McCormick, Tom Guiry, Robert Capron, Enid Graham, Amy Hargreaves, Frank Wood, Michael O'Keefe, Phyllis Somerville, Nelsan Ellis, Lee Tergesen, Adam LeFevre, Callie Thorne, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Randall Duk Kim, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Reg Rogers, Tonye Patano, Virginia Madsen, Gordon Clapp, Conor Leslie, Dorian Missick, David Aaron Baker, Eddie McGee, Reed Diamond, Jake Weber, Tawny Cypress, Andre Royo, Jill Flint, John Bedford Lloyd, Jeremy Jordan, Christian Campbell, Laura Benanti, Paul Fitzgerald, Danielle Nicolet, Talia Balsam, Sarah Wynter, Ted King, Kathleen Chalfant, Peter Hermann, Olivia d'Abo, Margaret Colin, Casey Biggs, Chris Bauer, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Frankie Faison, Zachary Booth, Heather Burns, Richard Masur, Peter Gerety, Faran Tahir, Andrew Howard, Vincent Curatola, Tim Guinee, Wendy Hoopes, Fulvio Cecere, Paul Sorvino, Ashlie Atkinson, Aleksa Palladino, Scott Cohen, Bill Sage, Guy Ferland, Bill Irwin, Sarah Danielle Madison, Jeremy Davidson, Sean Nelson, Ron Canada, Gretchen Egolf, Judith Ivey, Jeremy Shamos, Michael Gaston, Michael Countryman, Gina Gershon, Joe Grifasi, Skipp Sudduth, Jeremy Bobb, Marin Ireland, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Gabriel Olds, Dakin Matthews, Noah Bean, Tom Wopat, Tzi Ma, James Hong, Felix Solis, Andrew Rothenberg, Wade Williams, James Frain, Ophelia Lovibond, Rhys Ifans
Producer: John Polson
Composer: Sean Callery
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"基本演绎法"
"福尔摩斯:演绎法"
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:191, Added: 05/10/2018, Last updated: 02/18/2024